Barbie Kong

Today I sit down with the amazing Deya Danielle Drake and we talk everything from postpartum to Tennessee Williams. Deya has been in many films including ‘The Good Fight’, ‘Hail Mary’ and ‘Fully engaged’. Check it out!

Today I talk with Laura Frattaroli who is an amazing lawyer. We talk about her journey to America, the current justice system and Love Actually. Give it a listen.

Currently serving as Vice President in Compliance for Deutsche Bank’s Wealth Management. Previously served as Vice President in Compliance for Deutsche Bank’s Equity Sales and Trading Business. Prior to DB, served as Senior Vice President of Legal & Compliance at a Fintech Broker-Dealer in midtown Manhattan called Capital Integration Systems, LLC. Currently, active member of Women on Wall Street (WOWs) and the Young Leaders Council of New York’s United Way. Holds a B.A. from Boston University and a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. Currently, lives in lower Manhattan with her husband and two dogs.

Today I sit down with the amazing Jinjing Tian. We talk everything from engineering to Pretty Woman. Check it out!

Jingjing is a Sundance Writer's Lab semifinalist and a Sundance Sloan Foundation semifinalist. She has held fellowships at the New York Public Library and the Middlebury Script Lab, and won best female director and awards in excellence at AT&T, the Princeton Indpt. Film Festival, and more. Her short film about a Chinese cowboy has screened at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival, the Cleveland International Film Festival, the Museum of the Chinese in America and more. Her work has been featured in Paper Magazine, AM New York, High Country News, XM radio, and LeanIn.

If woukd like to contribute to the Seed & Spark campaign go tp www.seedandspark.com/fund/til-death-do-us-part

Upcoming screenings of Cowboy Joe:

Thursday, June 20, 2019 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (CEST)

Cannes Festival d'Palais

1 Boulevard de la Croisette

Redac Theatre 1

06414 Cannes

France

Nitehawk Cinema (likely the Williamsburg location) - on July 25, 2019 with The Future of Film is Female & MOMA

Museum of the Chinese in America:

https://www.mocanyc.org/visit/events/moca_films_cowboy_joe_by_jingjing_tian

Today I sit down with the wonderful educator Christine Han- Rutledge, we talk everything from early childhood development to IVF to Schitt's Creek.

With a Masters in Early Years Education, Canadian-born Christine Han-Rutledge is dedicated to delivering inspired and effective early learning programs for children. Over the past 10 years, she has held a variety of teaching and leadership roles across a range of age groups and subjects, with a particular focus in early childhood education. Christine is passionate professional who believes in the importance of continuing to learn and grow, and implements this school of thought in her own personal path. In this spirit, she has recently completed a children’s yoga teacher training course and has enjoyed incorporating these new skills with the children she works with. Just much as Christine enjoys working with children, she also loves her Chihuahua whose name is Goose. Christine currently resides in New York.

Ellen Ko is an actor and improvisor based in New York City. Ellen gravitates towards comedy and is heavily influenced by physical theater such as clown, mask, and mime. Recent stage credits include originating the roles of Down in Times by Porter Smith, Hestia in zounds! by Veronika Gribanova, and Cranberry in Silent But Deadly: A Mime Experience by Sour Grapes Productions. Ellen is a graduate of Atlantic Acting School (Full Time Professional Conservatory), Improvisation News Studio Conservatory (Improvisational Theater, Sketch Writing), and Oberlin College (BA Dance Performance). Please visit EllenKo.com for more info!

Ep. 59 The Queen Of Versailles by Barbie Kong

Free Britney! by Barbie Kong

Today I sit down with the dynamic Elizabeth Andrews. We talk everything from civil war re-enacments to the Kardashians! Hope you all had an amazing Easter and that you enjoyed this episode.

Elizabeth Andrews manages her own photography studio in Manhattan's Upper East Side. She recently acted on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Billions, & The Deuce. She creates powerful stories to spread enthusiasm and joy.

Today I sit down with the amazing Elizabeth Andrews, we talk everything from Civil War re-eactments to Kardashians. Elizabeth has a beautiful insight on life and I am excited to share her story with you all.

Elizabeth studied at the American University of Paris and apprenticed under Steve McCurry. She returned to New York in 2014 from Colorado, where she was an on-staff photographer documenting the United States Air Force Academy. Elizabeth received a BA from Northeastern University.

And because we ran out of time I did not ask her my two most favorite questions. Her favorite movie is Best in Show and she would want to be trapped in an elevator with her mom.

Ep. 57 The Maternal Goddess by Barbie Kong

Today I sit down with the mesmerizing Kathryn Grody. We talk everything from motherhood to acting to being a good human. Not to be missed.

Kathryn Grody fled Los Angeles, arrived in New York City, and found herself employed on Broadway in Scapino, . Off-Broadway followed with appearances at Joseph Papp’s Public Theatre including Fishing by Michael Weller, Museum, by Tina Howe, Nasty Rumors and Final Remarks by Susan Miller and Lulu Bett directed by Jack Hofsiss at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. Ms. Grody received Obie Awards for her performances in Top Girls by Caryl Churchill, directed by Max Stafford-Clark and The Marriage of Bette and Boo by Christopher Durang, directed by Jerry Zaks as well as a Drama Desk nomination for her performance in her three character one woman play, A Mom’s Life, all at the Public Theatre. (( Other performances include Dusa Fish Stas and Vi at the Manhattan Theatre Club, The Split at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Cause Maggie’s Afraid of the Dark, The 49 Years by Liz Swados, with Estelle Parsons at the Actors Studio Raw Space, Waxing West by Savianna Stanescous at The Lark, and Victoria Roberts cartoon come to life directed by Linda Mancini at Dixon Place. ))

Film appearances include Limbo, written and directed by John Sayles and Men With Guns, also by Mr. Sayles, My Body Guard, directed by Tony Bill, Lemon Sisters with Diane Keaton and Carol Kane, Another Woman by Woody Allen and Reds by Warren Beatty. Ms. Grody’s television appearances include “The Sunset Gang” with Uta Hagen, “Execution of Private Slovik” with Martin Sheen and many after-school specials. (( And of course, Law And Order-Criminal Intent in NYC..))

Kathryn Grody performed with A.C.T. in San Francisco, the Actors Theatre of Louisville and was a company member at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. ) Her essays have appeared in The Mountain Record, Harpers Bazar, Oprah magazine, and her narrative version of the original Mom’s Life was published by Avon.

She appeared in the world premiere of two new Wendy Wasserstein plays, ((directed by Michael Barakeeva ))at Theatre J in Washington D.C., originated the role of Maggie in The Penetration Play by Winter Miller, ((directed by Josh Hec))t at The Mint, performed the classic role of Nell in Beckets Endgame, with Alvin Epstein, Adam Heller and Tony Roberts,(( directed by Charlotte Moore,)) at the Irish Repetory Theatre . She braved the Barrow Street Theatre with Tim Crouch in the Oak Tree, and was proud to participate in the Caryl Churchill reading at NYTW, Seven Jewish Children-a play for Gaza…... She played Hinda in Zuzka Kurtz’s My Inner Soul at The Lion, appeared in the 59th st shorts in Tina Howes’ The Woman Who Lost Her Head and was seen as Hilary Clinton in the Performance Art Biennial, I Feel Your Pain, by Liz Magic Laser..And was Lola in Donald Margulies A Model Apartment, directed by Evan Cabnet..

Falling Apart....together , the sequel of A Mom’s Life, was seen at CSC, directed by Timothy Near..Most recently played Gaby in Susan Millers’ 20th Century Blues, directed by Emily Mann at the Signature. She is a Ususal Suspect at NYTW, works with the IRC and Search For Common Ground and is on the board of Downtown Women For Change., Dances for A Variable Population and Noor Theatre.